Market Square, Ebbw Vale

Details

Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976)
Market Square, Ebbw Vale
signed, inscribed and dated 'L S Lowry Ebbw Vale/23 June 1959' (upper left) and dedicated 'To Monty Bloom' (upper right) with inscription 'The House where I was born. Monty Bloom' (on tape attached to the backboard)
pencil
10¾ x 14 in. (27.3 x 35.5 cm.)

Provenance

Monty Bloom, and by descent.

Exhibited

Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Lowry in Wales, October - December 2002, no. 42.

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Lot Essay

Bloom, a successful businessman from Southport, became a life-long friend and patron of the artist. At one time Bloom owned over one hundred paintings by Lowry.

The house in the drawing is where Monty Bloom was born.

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